President Trump’s criticism reversed his administration’s previous support for the deal, in which Britain relinquished control of the Chagos Islands, site of a joint U.S.-British base.
President Trump on Tuesday accused Britain of “an act of great stupidity” for agreeing to end British sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, in a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to cultivate the president’s favor.
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